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March 06, 2013

Russell Crowe UFO photos offer 'Proof of Life' from outer space?

by Jon Kelly UFO Examiner

The Australian
Associated Press reported on March 6, 2013, how Australian actor Russell Crowe photographed
lights in Sydney’s Botanical Gardens that the “Gladiator” star is at a loss to
explain. Three time-lapse photographs posted to YouTube show what appear to be
the motion trails of lights moving at tree-top and ground level across the
image frame of a camera supported on a tripod.

While the
images seem to reveal the profile of a disc-shaped vehicle in flight, other photographers
are identifying these forms as the artifacts of long time exposures.

Slow Shutter

If seen
with the naked eye (and there is no eye-witness account accompanying the video)
these lights would have appeared as point sources and not the elongated streaks
shown in the photos. Like the telephone admittedly thrown by the star of “The
Insider” at a New York hotel clerk in 2005, the origins of Russell Crowe’s UFO
may not be so mysterious after all.

Click on the player below to listen to a podcast news update on the “Secret
Message Report” discussing “The Insider”’s Russell Crowe and his UFO video
presented by former CBS Radio feature producer and host, Jon Kelly.

A close
inspection of the images in the Russell Crowe video reveals how the trail of
light moving near ground level that accompanies the supposed UFO is actually
the brighter of the two sources of illumination, suggesting how the artifact that
appears to be flying through the trees is actually second-hand light reflected
from the lower source bouncing off of a filter or one of the camera’s multiple internal
lens elements.

Celebrity Benefit

While there
is likely to be a mundane explanation for Russell Crowe’s UFO photos, the positive
social impact of his celebrity disclosure can be measured by the number of
YouTube viewers encouraged by his video to share testimony of their own encounters.

In a CIA
Robertson Panel agenda-dominated media landscape, the award-winning actor’s assertions
concerning the existence of UFOs reveal the gradual capitulation to this
hypothesis even by some of the most hated and revered personalities in the
movie industry.

Letter to Larry

In a letter
written in 2009 posted on March 5, 2013, to the Open Minds website, American
film director Steven Spielberg reportedly wrote to then-CNN host Larry King the
following comments:

“Personally, I would like to think we are not alone, and
even though I have devoted a generous percentage of my movies to
extraterrestrial related themes, I for one have never seen a UFO. That is so
unfair! (sic)

“I hope you will continue to pursue this topic on your
program, and that some day our government will offer a total disclosure about
what they know about unidentified flying objects and their true and natural
origins.”

The Tweets So Far

Postings to
Twitter over the past 14 hours by “A Beautiful Mind” actor Russell Crowe
chronicle the release of his UFO photos to YouTube and detail the type of
camera used, how the camera was mounted, why the camera was recording, the length
of the exposures, the lights’ projected rate of speed and how the photos are
actually three years old.

Camera Used: “Canon 5D, No Flash, can't be a lense flare
because it moves , camera is fixed”

No Windows: “The camera is on a balcony not behind glass”

Why Photos: “A friend and i set camera to capture fruit bats
rising from Botanic Gardens,this was a big surprise”

Time Lapse: “It's not a video it is 3 time lapse photo's
taken in 4.5 seconds”

Not Photoshopped: “That is the original photo's you egg
beater”

Mystery: “3 time lapse photo's taken from balcony,not behind
glass, 3 years ago, I don't know what it is, but to call it fake is moronic”

Projected Speed: “We considered that...but to cover that
distance in 4.5 secs it would have to be travelling at 80km per hour”

Not Recent: “Good attempt, photo's were taken 3 years
ago...however you dropping the ball over the try line continuously did give me
a migraine”

Zoom: “I will grant you at the time the music wasn't
playing, also, yes, we have pushed in on the frame..this is 3 photo's in order,
nothing added”

Why Now: “I've been busy...remembered it the other day...”

YouTube Community Responds

Comments
posted beneath the YouTube video titled “UFO? Time Lapse Photos Outside
RC's Woolloomooloo Office (THESE ARE REAL!)” demonstrate how reasonable skepticism from
viewers not convinced of the lights’ supposed extraterrestrial origins points
to other theories including lens refraction and reflections from a number of
possible sources including yachts moored offshore, automobile traffic and
cyclists.

“If
it makes Russell happy, let him believe it is a UFO and not some light
interference.”

“It's probably just a guy riding a bike past the﻿ camera
with lights on his helmet.”

“My guess is a reflection from stopped/crawling traffic.”

“Flasing siren lights ( red/yellow ) from a vehicle or craft
that have been caught on film via "caustic" relection, possibly via a
curved glass balcony balustrade.”

“Someone shining a laser﻿ pointer at the camera?”

“How's about funding some sort of UFO﻿ investigation
starring a nobody like me and a somebody like you?”

“It's a AR DRONE 2.0. Check out ar﻿ drone 2.0 Australia on
Facebook and see what I'm taking about.”

“If this was time lapse photography then that could just﻿ be
a plane?”

“It's streetlights, you can see﻿ the tubes.”

“Could it be in fact a beacon from the top of a ship's mast
in the marina in front of his location????”

“A car in the opposite window from where the camera was
positioned as it looks like there are actually two red light trails quite close
together.”

“This is a dark truck riding near camera.”

“It﻿ could be the port light on a yacht's mast going into the
marina at Woolloomooloo.”

“A paparazzi drone waiting to get a time lapse of﻿ him.”

“Reflected light from a passing﻿ car outside the fence.”

“It's an internal reflection from the car headlights, caused
by a filter﻿ being on the lens. Take the filter off and the reflection will go
away.”

“It's just a yacht motoring by... and you're just catching
the mast.”

“Most﻿ likely just a tiny piece of US surveillance
technology that he accidentally caught.”

“That UFO looks a whole lot like a window reflection of a
work lamp.”

“Russ's place is near the end of the wharf, the shot is
taken looking west towards the botanic gardens and Mrs Macquarie's Rd.

“In the video you see 2 cars﻿
drive along Mrs Macquaries Rd, keeping in mind it's a time lapse shot with the
shutter open for a number of seconds. The 'UFO' lights are a yacht passing in
the foreground... there are lots of millionaires yachts moored there.”

Positive Outcome

While Russell Crowe may not have captured photographic proof
of life from outer space, the actor’s willingness to engage the public on this
topic has encouraged others (who may not have otherwise stepped forwards) to disclose
their personal experiences, including the following brief testimonies posted to
YouTube.

“I live in melbourne and about 10 years ago I saw weird
stuff in the skies whilst living in malvern. One night about 12.30am I was
sitting outside and a totally silent object twice the size of a helicopter flew
at fairly low altitude over my house and kept traveling towards the dandenongs.
It just appeared as a constant white/yellowish light﻿ and I couldn't see any
structure to it.”

“Looks real to me , my brother inlaw and his mum saw one
like that at their house in portsea many years ago , over the house .
completely silent and was very bright as he described it , they ran down the
street cos they thought the colors﻿ coming off it was gonna make them catch on
fire.”

“I actually saw something red flying around in Melbourne the
other day.. was a bit confused on﻿ what it was but i thought it was balloon,
but then i thought if it was a balloon it would be making more of a floating
action.”

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